Alice Riggs Hunt

Alice Riggs Hunt (June 14, 1884 – August 21, 1974) was an American women's rights activist, journalist, writer, and speaker. In the United States, she was active as an organizer of women suffrage movements both New York and West Virginia though her activism extended internationally as she often attended conferences in Europe concerning women's suffrage and international peace.

Early life and education Riggs Hunt, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hunt, was born into an affluent family. Born on July 14, 1884, she was raised in New York City where her childhood consisted of private school study.

As a journalist, she contributed to the New York Evening Post, New York Tribune, New York Evening Mail, New York Call, London Daily Herald, La Vie Ouvriere (Paris), The Workers' Dreadnought, London, Bulletin of the Peoples, Council of America, and Bulletin of the American Woman Suffrage Association. She also worked as an international correspondent during the First World War, during which time Riggs Hunt covered the Versailles Treaty and the organization of the League of Nations. Between October 1931 and October 1932, Riggs Hunt also published and edited the quarterly magazine Peniel. Focused on underscoring the value of face-to-face interaction as a form of societal betterment, the magazine's scope was dismissed by an anonymous author with the Fortnightly review as "hodge-podge of the new psychology and pantheism, designed for consumption by women's literary clubs."

Riggs Hunt was a speaker at many women's suffrage events, and participated in lecture tours concerning women's suffrage during her time with the Woman Suffrage Association of New York State. Riggs Hunt was also member of various organizations including the Colonial Dames of America, Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, and the Huguenot Society of New York.

Published works

Fruited Blossoms: a narrative poem, 1928 Peniel, vol. 1 no. 1–4, 1931, & vol. 2 no. 1, 1932 We, the Universe, 1934 Three Horizons, 1944